Pattern for coat button placement



April 17, 1956 N. o. BERARDINELLI 2,741,852

PATTERN FOR COAT BUTTON PLACEMENT Filed Sept. 30, 1954 United States This invention relates to the manufacture of clothing and has particular relation to a device for easily and simply locating and positioning and buttons on a mans suit coat and for guaranteeing the accuracy of such locations.

The arrangement of the buttons on the front of a mans suit coat is well established and the relative position of the various buttons has become standardized over the years. it is accordingly one purpose of my invention to provide a means for quickly and effectively insuring the accurate positioning of such buttons in accordance with this established relationship.

Another purpose is to provide a means which may be used in one position to accurately locate the buttons on one portion of a garment and in another position to accurately locate the buttons on another portion of the garment.

Another purpose is to provide a means for positioning the buttons on a garment in accordance with well-recognized standards, the device being effective to enable the accurate determination of such location on garments of various sizes.

Other purposes will appear from time to time in the course of the specification and claims.

1 illustrate my invention more or less diagrammatically in the following drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a top view;

Figure 2 is a top view on a reduced scale and illustrating my device in'use; and

Figure 3 is a view taken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Like parts are indicated by like symbols throughout the specification and drawings.

Referring now to the drawings and particularly to Figure 1, my device comprises a body portion generally indicated by the numeral 1. The body 1 may consist of a generally rectangular piece or sheet which may be opaque but which i prefer to form of transparent plastic or other translucent material. The body 1 may be of a thickness sufiicient to provide a satisfactory resistance to flexing and yet may be thin enough to be light in weight and to provide for ease in handling. The body portion 1 has a generally longitudinal front edge 2, a top edge 3, and a bottom edge 4. The rear edge, generally indicated by the numeral 5, may have a lower portion 6 which is generally parallel with the front edge 2 and an upper, outwardly angularly-disposed edge portion 7. The edge portion 2 may have the inwardly offset portion 10 positioned generally intermediate its upper and lower ends. While the portion 1a; is seen to create a type of slot in the body 1, it will be realized that, when the body 1 is formed of a generally translucent material, the area defined by the slot 1% could be as easily delineated by any suitable form of marking or design.

Adjacent the lower edge 4, the body portion 1 has a plurality of markings which take the form of windows or generally rectangular designs indicated at 12. I illustrate, for example, four such markings arranged one atent 0 ice 2 with the slot 10. When the body 1 is of opaque material, it will be realized that the markings 12 could be openings or slots similar to slot 10.

The body portion 1 may be marked, for example, with the lines and arrows indicated generally at 13 and 16. As best seen in Figure l, a line 13 extends from each of the windows or the window markings 12 in a path generally parallel with the lower edge 4 and extends to the rear edge portion 6. Positioned adjacent the rear edge portion 6 and astride each of the lines 13 and thus in alignment along the edge 4 with each of the markings 12 is an aperture 14. The apertures 14, corresponding in number with the markings 12 and lines 13, are arranged in a line parallel with the front edge 2 and rear edge portion 6. A similar row of apertures 15 may be formed in the body portion 1 parallel with the apertures 14 and rear edge portion 6 and positioned therebetween.

A line 20 may be drawn on or in the body 1 and may extend parallel with the edge 4 from the slot 10 to the upper end of the rear edge portion 6. Positioned along the line 20 and in alignment with the apertures 14, 15, respectively, along the rear edge portion 6 is a pair of spaced apertures 21, 22.

Extending from the aperture 21 upwardly toward the edge 3 and parallel with the edge 2 is a line 25. Extending also from the aperture 21 upwardly toward the edge 3 and generally but not quite parallel with the rearwardly inclined edge 7 is a line 26. Extending upwardly toward the edge 3 and in a path parallel with the rear edge portion 7 is a third line 27. Each of the lines 25, 26, 27 terminates at a point inwardly spaced from the top edge 3 and along a line running parallel with the edge 3. The last-named line may, for example, be drawn on or in the body portion 1, as illustrated generally at 28.

A set of four apertures 3% may be formed in the body portion 1 in a line running generally parallel with the front edge portion 2 and in alignment with the apertures 14 and the aperture 21. Extending upwardly toward the top edge 3 from the upper terminus of the line 26 is a set of four apertures 31. The apertures 31 are spaced rearwardly from the apertures 36 and are in alignment therewith along the edge 3. A third set of apertures 32 are rearwardly spaced from the apertures 31 and are in alignment therewith along the edge 3, the apertures 32 extending in a path toward the edge 3 from the upper terminus of the line 27.

It will be understood that the various markings and lines above described may be formed either on the top surface 40 or bottom surface 41 of the body portion 1 or that they may be formed on both surfaces or may even be embedded within the body portion 1 itself when the material of the body 1 is transparent without departing from the nature and scope of my invention. The apertures' 14, 15, 21, 22, 30, 31, and 32, of course, extend through the body portion 1 and thus may be approached and utilized from either side thereof. It will be further realized that, whereas, for ease of description, the various portions of my device have been described as front, rear, top, or bottom, it is nonetheless true that the device is normally used in a horizontal plane on the top, for example, of a table on which the garment lies, and these descriptive phrases therefore may not fit the device when used in such position.

Prior to the completion of the button holes in a garment, such as a mans double-breasted suit coat, the line of the button holes must be marked on the goods. The button hole locations have previously been marked by a loose thread. Presently, this operation is done free-hand, and often the mark is not straight. Accordingly, the

illustrated a practical and operative device, nevertheless,

many changes may be made in the size, shape, number, and disposition of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention. 1, therefore, wish my description and drawings to be taken as in a broad sense illustrative or diagrammatic, rather than as limiting me to my precise showing.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:

When a garmenhior example, a mans' suit coat, has. reached a stage in its construction at which thebuttons for the front thereof are to be placed, the button holesalong the edges of the garment front surfaces have been formed. Where two such button holes are used, the top button hole becomes. the guide, and where three suchbutton holes are used, the center button hole becomes the guide. The operator, in using my device,.places the mark 7 or window or, slot 16 over the guide button hole as illustrated in- Figure 2. It will be realized that, under certain circumstances, the device 1 will be used first on the opposite front surface of a mans jacket, commonly known as the left side, considered from the viewpoint of the wearer. In such case, the device is merely flipped or pivoted as'it were about its front edge 2, and; when it is formed of'translucent material, the markings thereon will be visible to the user no matter which side of the coat or garment the worker uses it with. Thus, in either case, thefront edge 2 is placed along one of the vertical edges 50 of the garment with the slot or Window 10 over the guide button hole. 7

,Thereafter the operator notes which of the windows or markings 12 'is found to be positioned over the button hole along the edge 53 of the garment; the size of. the garment generally determining which of said markings 12 will be so positioned. The operator thereafter runs along the line 13 which extends from the marking 12 which is found to be positioned over the lowermost button hole until he comes to the aperture 14 positioned on such. line 13. It may be with certain designs or sizes of garments that the operator would desire to continue along line 13 until he reached the aperture 15 thereon. In

either case, the operator would mark the garment through either the aperture 14 or 15. He may mark it with any.

suitable marking material or may insert'a pin into the goods through the aperture 14 or 15, the head of the pin being small enough to pass through the aperture 14 or 15' when the device is removed;

The operator thereafter passes along either the line 17 extending from the apertures 14 to the aperture 21 or along the line 18 extending from. the apertures 15 to the the aperture 21 or 22. The operator may then pass along one of the'lines 25, 26, or 27, depending upon the design and size of the garment involved, and may then mark the garment through one of the apertures 30, 31, or 32.

A line paralleling the line 28 is shown as extending through each set of apertures 3032 from the rear edge portion 7 to the front edge 2 as indicated generally at 29, and such lines may be used under certain circumstances in locating a point along the coat edge 50 which will be in alignment with a button placed on the coat after the coat had been marked through one of the apertures 3032.

I claim:

1. Means for locating the desired position of buttons on a garment having buttonholes including a generally anguiarly shaped body member formed of, transparent material, said body member being generally rectangular in cross section, said body member having, an edge adapted to be positioned along an edge'of said garment, a guide slot on said body member communicating with said edge and extending. inwardly, perpendicularly'therefrom intermediate the ends of said edge, a'plurality of additional slots paralleling said guide slot and positioned on, said body member at a pointspaced from said guide slot for a distance equal to the spacing between the buttonholes along said garment edge and apertures in said body member, said apertures'being adjacent the opposite edge of said body member and positionedin relation to said. guide slot and said additional slots in accordance 2. The structure of claim 1 characterized by and including guide lines formed on. said body and visible from opposite sides thereof, said guide lines extending from said guide slot, and additional slots to said apertures and connecting said aperture groups.

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